He just won't eat meat- period. And the only veggies he likes are potatoes, carrots, and celery, but he'll only eat the latter 2 raw. He loves fruit and eats plenty of that, but I'm worried about the rest.

I've tried others "clever" suggestions of "hiding" meat in his potatoes, drowning it in ketchup, telling him it's something weird (one suggested telling him it was "troll boogers"), and nothing works.

I put things on his plate every night and he has to at least TRY one bite of everything, and that's a nightmare, so let's not go there, BUT when he does try something, he just ends up spitting it out.

I'm not sure how he got so picky, but it's a little disconcerting. I give him Flintstone's vitamins, but am still worried he's not getting what he needs.

Please, no condescending or just generally ugly answers.Dr. Oz from Oprah's show says kids need to try food up to 20 times or more before they develop a taste for it. Just keep having him try new foods like you are. You control what he eats, so don't feed him anytime but meals and don't fix anything special for him, he needs to eat whatever is fixed for the meal. When he gets hungry enough, he will eat. Meat isn't that good for him anyway, just serve peanut butter or rice and beans and other things with protein in them. As long as you keep giving him the vitamins, he's fine. Tuns of kids go through this, it's all normal. The book by Jerry Seinfeld's wife is Deceptively Delicious and she puts vegetable puree in foods for extra nutrition. Mom of 3 adults now!Some kids are just like that..they just don't like veggies..Continue to do what you're doing and as he gets older you can become firmer with him.
We have the same problem with our 9 year old son. We decided that he can't eat anything until the vegetables are off the plate, not on the floor. After that he can eat his meat and have something to drink.

It's working...be sure you're not giving him can veggies. can veggies are loaded in sodium and preservatives which defeats the purpose. Don't over cook the veggies, this over cooks the nutrients out and that defeats the purpose of eating vegetables. Cook vegetables on low.dont feed him anything else until he has eaten his tea. dont let him have pudding if he hasnt ate his main course. youve got to get him to realise that he isnt going to get away with it!!He won't let himself starve. Let him go without for a couple meals and don't give in. Eventually he will eat it.If you are worried, see if he will drink pediasure or something similar. My sister always put ranch dressing on her kids' green beans and they ate them up.Make something you know he likes and ground some cooked meat into it. Also there is a book by Jerry Seinfeld's wife you can get, sorry I can't remember the name of the book, but they would have it a Borders. Any ways the book is how she hides foods her kids won't eat in other things. It includes recipes. One recipe is how she makes Mac-n-Cheese with Squash.